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100 1 $aRichmond, Peter,$d1953-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91097989
245 10 $aFever :$bthe life and music of Miss Peggy Lee /$cPeter Richmond.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bH. Holt,$c2006.
300 $axii, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 414-430) and index.
520 1 $a""I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, and Mr. Cary Grant." So said Peggy Lee, the North Dakota farm girl who transformed herself - with the help from some of the greatest musical artists of her time - into one of the most glamorous, distinctive, and important singer-songwriters ever to step into a spotlight. Einstein adored her. Duke Ellington dubbed her, simply, "the Queen." Often compared to her lifetime friend Frank Sinatra, she sang jazz, swing, bebop, ballads, rock and roll, the blues. Peggy Lee created drama, character, and poetry as an actress might - without ever losing the beat. With her silky whisper and platinum cool she sold 20 million records, made more money than Mickey Mantle, and helped create American music's greatest generation." "With Fever, Peter Richmond delivers the first biography of Lee - a portrait of a lady that is, above all, a portrait of an artist. It begins, in the Depression's hard days, with a kid named Norma, born with nothing but the wide open plains. Her mother died when she was only a child; her father drank and her stepmother beat her. But the music on the radio, from faraway cities, gave her a dream that would never fade. One day she hit the road, hoping that the music she loved would lead her someplace better. It did - to a new name and new towns where, in the midst of the great war, a gallery of brilliant innovators like Benny Goodman (who is often credited with discovering her) were ushering in a brand-new beat, a sound that would change American lives. Peggy Lee became on of the girls who sang with the bands, traveling the country with the jazzmen on buses and late-night trains." "Richmond traces how Peggy rose, right along with jazz itself, to become a star, an unstoppable hit-maker, and a lyricist whose soul-searching imagery paved the way for women who wanted to write their own songs. For Lee, there would ultimately be four marriages, a daughter, a one-woman Broadway show, Europe, the Waldorf, Vegas, Basin Street East, Ciro's, the White House, an Oscar nomination, more than a few lovers, and friends like Bing Crosby and Judy Garland (who called Peggy her favorite singer). There would be a mansion high in the California hills and a thousand and one nights of her name in lights. Yet beneath the diamonds Peggy Lee was and would always be Norma Deloris Egstrom, insecure, always looking for acceptance, perfection, and love."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aLee, Peggy,$d1920-2002.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81072987
650 0 $aSingers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111680
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